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Crocheted Wind Spinners
22 Apr 2022

Crocheted Wind Spinners

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet, Garden Projects, Whimsy | 6

I had lots of fun making crochet wind spinners towards the end of last summer that I made more over the winter using up odds and ends of sport weight yarn. These are made in the same way but came … Continued

twirlers, wind spinners, yarn stash
Garden Journal: September 2021
29 Sep 2021

Garden Journal: September 2021

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: The Garden 2021 | 10

September, time to change from one season to the next. We seemed to go from hot and humid weather to cool and wet weather in a few short days. And mentioning short days, the daylight is vanishing earlier and earlier … Continued

garden journal 2021, garlic chives, Herb's Place, honeysuckle vine, rain gauge, sunflowers, trellis garden, twirlers
Crochet wind spinners
14 Sep 2021

Crochet wind spinners

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet, Garden Projects, Whimsy | 15

On a visit to one of my favourite blogs I discovered a pattern for a crochet wind spinner. I just love wind spinners/twirlers in the garden. It is a wonderful project to use up the left over yarn (Red Heart … Continued

twirlers, wind spinners, yarn stash
How to Make a Driftwood Spinner
25 Sep 2020

How to Make a Driftwood Spinner

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: British Columbia, Garden Projects, Nature Crafts, Whimsy | 7

It is easy to turn bits of driftwood collected from the beach into a pretty wind spinner for the garden in a few easy step. It was fun to have the grandkids collect bits of driftwood when we visited the … Continued

driftwood, driftwood spinner, nature crafts, twirlers
Spiral Twirlers
1 Aug 2016

Spiral Twirlers

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Garden Projects, Plastic Canvas, Whimsy | 1

Every garden deserves some whimsy and adding twirlers to various places means you can watch them twirl gently in the breeze. I hope all of you are enjoying a lovely summer.  Even though I’ve been taking a break from posting … Continued

twirlers
A New Shape With Each Turn
28 May 2014

A New Shape With Each Turn

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Garden Projects, Whimsy | 0

The new pvc pipe twirler was added to the garden awhile ago.  If you want to make one you can find the directions in this post.  The old one was painted yellow and the new one was painted a light … Continued

pvc twirler, twirlers

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